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Here they are! Limited edition prints of my rainbow mermaid girl are now live in my shop. Each print is fitted with 11 x 14 inch oval matting. Edition of 50 prints only.
http://CharmaineOliviaShop.com
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Never waste your time trying to explain who you are to people who are committed to misunderstanding you.
— Unknown (via areyouhappyenough)
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You won’t allow me to go to school.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:
One day you will be sick.
I won’t become a doctor.
Remember this:
One day you will be sick.
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— Poem written by an 11 year old Afghan girl
This poem was recorded in a NYT magazine article about female underground poetry groups in Afghanistan. An amazing article about the ways in which women are using a traditional two line poetry form to express their resistance to male oppression, their feelings about love (considered blasphemous), and their doubts about religion.
(via gezng)
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Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania denied Tim (not his real name), a 13 year old boy, admission because he is HIV positive. From Change.org
Although discrimination against people living with HIV…
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Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they’ve been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It’s an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It’s a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.
— (via pomonnna)
